blake murphy wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:01:03 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:02:50 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:24:14 +0200, "Giusi" >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>People from other countries who come and go freely and know lots of Cubans
>>>>>>from there or from meeting them in countries where they study, work, etc,
>>>>>>have a very different view of Cuba to that of USians.
>>>>>
>>>>> Believe it or not, Giusi, the only people who still don't want to
>>>>> visit Cuba are the expat patrons in Florida. The rest of us are
>>>>> chomping at the bit.
>>>>
>>>>I don't want to visit Cuba. I'm not an expat Cuban.
>>>
>>> To each his own. I'm not gaga over visiting Italy, or anywhere
>>> Mediterranean, for instance.
>>
>>I'd visit anywhere in Europe before I'd visit Cuba. Even France, for
>>God's sake.
>
> Asia's crowded and Europe's too old
> Africa is far too hot
> And Canada's too cold
> And South America stole our name
> Let's drop the big one
> There'll be no one left to blame us
>
> We'll save Australia
> Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo
> We'll build an All American amusement park there
> They got surfin', too

It's interesting, I think, that the following was written in 1953:

The Merry Minuet

They're rioting in Africa.
They're starving in Spain.
There's hurricanes in Florida.
And Texas needs rain.

The whole world is festering
With unhappy souls.
The French hate the Germans.
The Germans hate the Poles.

Italians hate Yugoslavs.
South Africans hate the Dutch.
And I don't like
Anybody very much!

But we can be tranquil
And thankful and proud,
For man's been endowed
With a mushroom shaped cloud.

And we know for certain
That some lovely day,
Someone will set the spark off
And we will all be blown away.

They're rioting in Africa.
There's strife in Iran.
What nature doesn't do to us
Will be done by our fellow man.


I think I still have the Kingston Trio's version on an LP.


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